Beware of this mutant trying to rip off artists:
Subject: artwork is neededDate: August 22, 2016 at 6:12:27 PM EDTMy name is Mike Evans from Washington DC. I was looking for some artwork online and i found your contact while searching. I will like to purchase some of your work for my wife as a surprise gift for our 20th anniversary.Please kindly send pics and prices of some of your art which are ready for immediate sale within price range $500- $5000, i could be flexible with price. So i will hope to hear a lot more about any available piece in your inventory ready for immediate sale.Thanks and best regards,Mike.
ReplyDeleteThis guy is still out there, be careful. (Mike Evans (mik22230@gmail dot com)
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the message, However, I would greatly appreciate if you could possibly recommend a few completed piece available in your studio at moment, ready for immediate sale... Just need something for a surprise to my wife. I would appreciate if you can figure out a piece of work that would serve that purpose. Kindly email images and prices of any available works.
Thanks and blessing
Mike.
Scammer:
ReplyDeleteOn Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:43 PM mike Evans wrote:
My name is Mike Evans. from Oklahoma . I actually observed my wife has been viewing your website on my laptop and i guess she likes your piece of work. I'm also impressed and amazed to have seen your various works too, You are doing a great job. I would like to purchase one of your piece as a surprise to my wife on our anniversary. Also, let me know if you accept check as mode of Payment.
Thanks and best regards.
Mike
He wrote me this: mik22230@gmail.com My name is Mike Evans. from Virginia . I actually observed my wife has been viewing your website on my laptop and i guess she likes your piece of work. I'm also impressed and amazed to have seen your various works too, You are doing a great job. I would like to purchase one of your piece as a surprise to my wife on our anniversary. Also, let me know if you accept check as mode of Payment.
ReplyDeleteThanks and best regards.
Mike
Hey, how did you know this was a scam?
ReplyDeleteHey, Just got an email from this guy, mik22230@gmail.com on my square space webform. He's still active with the same email account in 2019!! Mike Evans from Virginia wanting to buy a gift for his wife immediately. Thank you for posting the information that proved my intuition was correct on this!! Just had to google his email address. Thx! -Anna
ReplyDeleteI received a similar email to this from same address, just thought I would let you know 2019 and I guess it is still going on???
ReplyDeleteThanks, I just had this scam approach me through my Squarespace account. Seemed fishy (bad grammar and punctuation), so I googled his email address. I appreciate you putting this out there... it helped me confirm my suspicions.
ReplyDeleterca
Yes, beware. Received similar email from the same scammer:
ReplyDeleteFrom: mike Evans
Subject: would you like to purchase your piece?
Date: May 2, 2019 at 11:08:14 AM PDT
My name is Mike Evans. from Virginia . I actually observed my wife has been viewing your website on my laptop and i guess she likes your piece of work. I'm also impressed and amazed to have seen your various works too, You are doing a great job. I would like to purchase one of your piece as a surprise to my wife on our anniversary. Also, let me know if you accept check as mode of Payment.
Thanks and best regards
mike.
I was just contacted yesterday from the same email. Definitely has been doing this for years.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Mike Evans. from Virginia . I actually observed my wife has been viewing your website on my laptop and i guess she likes your piece of work. I'm also impressed and amazed to have seen your various works too, You are doing a great job. I would like to purchase one of your piece as a surprise to my wife on our anniversary. Also, let me know if you accept check or direct Deposit as mode of Payment.
Thanks and best regards